Set Minecart Velocity to Move on Enter

Okay, so here I have a couple of events that allow a person to drive a Minecart on land. This works GREAT - but you have to start on a rail. I do not want this.

So, my question is this - how can I go upon setting the velocity of the Minecart to make it start moving when a player enters it? Also, how could I utilize the VehicleBlockCollisionEvent to make it so you can still move it even when it hits a block? Thank you!

Code:

@EventHandler
public void onVehicleLeave(VehicleExitEvent e) {
    if(e.getVehicle() instanceof Minecart) {
    Minecart m = (Minecart) e.getVehicle();
    Player p = (Player) e.getExited();
    m.remove();
    p.sendMessage("Minecart despawned!");
    }
}

@EventHandler
public void onVehicleEnter(VehicleEnterEvent e) {
    if(e.getVehicle() instanceof Minecart){
    Minecart m = (Minecart) e.getVehicle();
    Player player = (Player) m.getPassenger();
   
    Vector playerVector = player.getLocation().getDirection();
   
    double x = Math.round(playerVector.getX());
    double z = Math.round(playerVector.getZ());
    
    Vector velocity = new Vector(x, 0, z);
    
    Vector velocityMod = new Vector(1, 0, 1);
    
    m.setDerailedVelocityMod(velocityMod);
    m.setVelocity(velocity);
    }
}

@EventHandler
public void onVehicleMove(VehicleMoveEvent event) {
    Minecart vehicle = (Minecart) event.getVehicle();
    Player player = (Player) vehicle.getPassenger();
    Vector playerVector = player.getLocation().getDirection();
   
    vehicle.setPassenger(player);
    vehicle.setCustomName(player + "'s Minecart");
   
    double x = Math.round(playerVector.getX());
    double z = Math.round(playerVector.getZ());
    
    Vector velocity = new Vector(x, 0, z);
    
    Vector velocityMod = new Vector(1, 0, 1);
    
    vehicle.setDerailedVelocityMod(velocityMod);
    vehicle.setVelocity(velocity);
}

 

@AppleBabies
Well, a "hack" would be that you set the block under the minecart to be a rail, and after one tick you would remove the rails.

 

@Zombie_Striker Yeah, I've tried that, but "hacks" don't work unfortunately.

 

@AppleBabies
Well, one option would be to create your own minecart entity, and wit that custom entity, set any values for "halting speeds" to allow it to move.

 

@Zombie_Striker That was another though, except that I DESPISE NMS. I want a way to cheat around having to use NMS, which probably will fail indefinitely at trying.

 

@AppleBabies
The problem is, this "problem" is caused by base minecraft wanting to stop all minecarts from moving. You would have to override what base minecraft wants, and the only way to do this in a "non-hacky way" would be NMS. If you understand NMS, it should not be a problem.

Another way to go about velocities would be to have something that sets the velocity of the minecart every ___ seconds to move towards where the player is looking.

 

@Zombie_Striker Well, I'll try setting up a scheduler.